Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Wendi Deng profile author on Antiwave

Posted on 2007-06-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The lads at Chinese podcast website Antiwave have interviewed Eric Ellis, author of the profile of Rupert Murdoch’s wife, Deng Wendi. As reported on Danwei, the publication of the profile — originally commissioned by Good Weekend — was later canceled … Continue reading →

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‘French African empire in tatters’ as China moves in

Posted on 2007-06-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Howard French, Shanghai correspondent of The New York Times reports from Ndjamena, in Chad: When I last visited this country, in the late 1990’s, watching CNN at a French-run hotel here, or for that matter in many former French colonies … Continue reading →

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Flickr.com filtered in China

Posted on 2007-06-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Photo-sharing website Flickr.com seems to have been attacked by the Net Nanny. Although it is still possible to load the website and even to log on and upload photos, the Nanny is using some type of filtering technology that stops … Continue reading →

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The Sensitive Word advertisement

Posted on 2007-06-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

8X8=? ESWN posted a short piece about an advertisement published in the Chengdu Evening News (成都晚报) commemorating the ‘strong mothers’ of the Tiananmen tomato. Wang Xiaofeng wrote a note about it entitled History, translated below: On this day of (Sensitive … Continue reading →

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Han Han on the death of Huang Ju

Posted on 2007-06-05 by Joel Martinsen

Han Han writes about Huang Ju (黄菊), whose name is filtered from Sina’s blogs. Also, flags at half-mast.

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Man and dog, no biting

Posted on 2007-06-02 by Jeremy Goldkorn

There seem to be a few things going in Xiamen and Wuxi. But not, you understand, what you would call news. This on the other hand is on the home page of The China Daily‘s website: To be fair, The … Continue reading →

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Vice-Premier Huang Ju dies

Posted on 2007-06-02 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Chinese state media today reported that Huang Ju (黄菊), Vice-Premier of the State Council, died of illness at 02:03 a.m. June 2 in Beijing at the age of 69. The official obituary called Huang “an excellent member of the CPC, … Continue reading →

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Taihu lake pollution: Net frenzy and government response

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Florescent algae and dead fish On May 30, someone using the Net name Thin Cute Girl (Xiao Xiniang – 筱细娘) posted a series of photos of the waters of Taihu Lake (more properly Tai Lake – 太湖) at Wuxi in … Continue reading →

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Director Jia Zhangke tells all

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Joel Martinsen

Jia Zhangke (贾樟柯) reveals that Wang Bin (王斌), writer for Zhang Yimou (张艺谋) films, had his first film Pickpocket (小武) banned. From Soho Xiaobao (SOHO小报).

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Xiamen demonstration today – live reporting on blogs and video sites

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

PX demonstrations in Xiamen today Haicang PX is the name of a chemical factory plant currently being built in Xiamen in Fujian Province. Approved by the central government, Haicang PX is being developed with an investment of 10 billion yuan. … Continue reading →

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